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Thread Number: 79953
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1038711 7/19/2019 at 13:07 (1,740 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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| Post# 1038712 , Reply# 1 7/19/2019 at 13:20 (1,740 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1038714 , Reply# 2 7/19/2019 at 13:36 (1,740 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 1038747 , Reply# 3 7/19/2019 at 17:48 (1,740 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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We had a Laundromat in Lenoir NC That had Norges and Speed Queens for top loaders and Philco Bendix front loaders This was still running in the early 80s My Mother would take blankets etc and wash in the front loaders. | ||
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Post# 1038752 , Reply# 4 7/19/2019 at 18:17 (1,740 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1038761 , Reply# 5 7/19/2019 at 19:05 (1,740 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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There was a commercial Frigidaire Unimatic in the laundry room at my sister’s apartment building—this would have been 1967-68. It was older than the harvest gold beauties in your photo; had a round window and a very plain-Jane console. I stole a cap for the agitator from an appliance store because I thought someone in the building must have misplaced it. Didn’t realize the coin-op machines didn’t come with a cap.
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Post# 1038765 , Reply# 6 7/19/2019 at 19:52 (1,740 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Frigidaire!
I remember these washers well. Their was a laundromat / dry cleaners that had Norge FL dry cleaning machines. And these Frigidaire washers. From 1964 - 1968 they had the
Turquoise ones with the round window than in 1968 - 1974 they got these Yellow units. The place was around the corner from my house so I used to hangout their a lot! Funny thing is the washers out washed anything made today in just 18 minutes! We really went backwards! | ||
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Post# 1038769 , Reply# 7 7/19/2019 at 20:34 (1,739 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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They changed out the three ring agitators with the jet cone things when they came out. They reduced the capacity and greatly reduced the effectiveness for washing things like throw rugs. | ||
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Post# 1038791 , Reply# 8 7/20/2019 at 03:28 (1,739 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post# 1038958 , Reply# 9 7/21/2019 at 15:09 (1,738 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I had one of those for several years from the Aberdeen Farm many years ago. It's a Super-Duty multi-matic with a 1010rpm spin speed. This is Rich (golittlesport) and me in the early 2000's.
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Post# 1039054 , Reply# 10 7/22/2019 at 07:02 (1,737 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 A friend of mine sent me a link to a TV movie (you tube) last week called Heat Wave. It was amusing for a while and even had a laundromat scene. Looks like Frigidaire washers...
That postcard is lovely, what a thrill it would have been to walk into that 'mat and find those washers. We stayed in Blackduck, MN years ago for a family fishing trip and in the town laundromat, they had four Frigidaires. Two 1-18's and two solid tub. Most of the washers were Dexter front-load Double Load washers but they still had four of the top-loads. I had to beg for a load in the Frigidaire and stood glued to the window-lid for the whole cycle. | ||
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Post# 1039067 , Reply# 12 7/22/2019 at 09:14 (1,737 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Delturner- My guess is closer to 1963-65 since it has a round window. The machine in my sister's apartment building (referenced above) appeared to be several years old when she moved there in '67. As you mentioned, the controls were on a very plain console; just a toggle switch for hot or warm water and a PUSH reset button in case the internal fuse blew.
At any rate, 2 dimes bought 20 minutes of delightful entertainment, LOL. The view into the machine was even better when I put a cap on the agitator---no water splashing up onto the window. Question For Robert (or anyone else who might know): Does the Super Duty Multi-Matic coin-op machine in the photo above (Reply #9) pause between pulsating and spins? I always assumed the one I used was a Unimatic because it didn't pause. Maybe I am wrong; maybe it was a Multi-Matic, as well. | ||
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Post# 1039068 , Reply# 13 7/22/2019 at 09:26 (1,737 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Shaded Harvest-Gold | ||
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Post# 1039074 , Reply# 14 7/22/2019 at 11:01 (1,737 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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The Frigidaire coin-op I referenced looked like this one. Photo courtesy of Robert from an archived thread.
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